A) path, paving would be the not acceptable answer.
Is this an English question ?<span />
because the audience would be familiar with them as parables were highly popular then. Also, it being a monk, it is supposed to be a serious story that teaches you something, not a funny or obscene story such as those from the Wife of Bath or the Miller.
Answer:
simile
Explanation:
because it says <u><em>like </em></u> a little bird